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Carolina Couture
by Mimi Montgomery photographs by Catherine Nguyen Custom, one-of-a-kind dresses are typically associated with haute couture – the glamorous reserve of New York and Paris fashion shows. That wasn’t always the case. There was a time when custom-made gowns weren’t just…
Keeping the music alive
Raleigh Fine Art Society’s Choral Celebration by Mimi Montgomery photographs by Jillian Clark It’s a Tuesday evening in April, and Meymandi Concert Hall is packed. In a few short minutes, Powell GT elementary school’s chorus will take the stage, and the kids are…
Mountain living redefined
by Jesma Reynolds photographs by Catherine Nguyen When a Raleigh couple went looking for their ideal vacation home in Asheville, they imagined a log cabin deep in the woods. What they found instead was a mid-century modern five minutes from downtown with…
Wilmington: A culinary tale of two cities
text and photographs by Dean McCord There was a time not so long ago that Wilmington was considered a coastal afterthought by some Triangle residents. It wasn’t a destination like Wrightsville Beach or Carolina Beach, and it lacked the storied history…
Person Street Community
by Jessie Ammons photographs by Nick Pironio Person Street Bar is about community. “The cocktails are a consequence of spending time with people,” says co-owner and founder Jeff Clarke, above. He and his partners, all close friends, live in Oakwood, walking…
Leon Capetanos
A Triangle-based Hollywood screenwriter launches Act II by Jessie Ammons photographs by Nick Pironio In 1965, Leon Capetanos, a UNC graduate from Raleigh with a poetry degree, answered a call to make a difference in the world. He embarked on a year…
Doctors doing good
by Liza Roberts Raleighites are a worldly bunch, venturing frequently to distant places for work and for pleasure. But the group of travelers we most wanted to profile for this travel issue take themselves far from home in order to do…
Due diligence
A curatorial team dives into an island’s influence on American Impressionist Childe Hassam by J. Michael Welton Childe Hassam was more than America’s foremost Impressionist painter. He was a global force, a peripatetic artist who wandered the world to paint Paris, New York,…
Stalking the Hoary Bittercress
by Mimi Montgomery illustrations by Addie McElwee In the interest of journalistic transparency, I’ll start this article off with a disclaimer: My knowledge of the flora and fauna that populate our local environment is slim. It can be narrowed down to…
Home on the water
by CC Parker Jerry Seinfeld once said, “There is no such thing as fun for the whole family.” Most parents know that a family vacation is most often just a relocation: same bickering, same feeding schedule … different venue. Not…
Reggie Edwards
Bringing people together, improving lives by Settle Monroe photograph by Nick Pironio From her office at Building Together Ministries in 2006, Reggie Edwards used to watch mothers walk through the Halifax Court public housing complex to drop their children off for Building…
1944 Sanitorium
by June Spence Inside a small wooden picture frame I have taken to keeping on my desk lately, there is a charming hand-stitched scene of a sort-of Spanish villa with arched doorways, turrets, and bougainvillea spilling over the walls, the colors…